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I am just citing the Wall Street Journal which is a major Western source. Please read the article in its entirety. The piece says the US wants to help India with its carrier program but were shocked by how poor the planning, build quality and manufacturing capabilities were and said the...

You mentioned that Americans see the Vikrant as top quality, I cited that article from the Wall Street Journal that Americans actually have very little confidence in Indian planning or manufacturing ability.

China has a space station and a manned moon landing that will gain most of the headlines and budget. The Mars rover will be significant but not major compared to the other two. This will be China's first Mars project on a Chinese launch vehicle. The first Mars project was a much smaller one...

If the Vikrant can't be functional until 2026 then the severely limited Vikramaditya will be the only Indian AC for next decade. This is the bad program planning that the author says China should avoid since by 2026 China should have at least three carriers: Liaoning, Shandong and the Type 002...

This is the Wall Street Journal article on how Americans view the Vikrant: it is nothing short of a disaster that will take a decade to fix. https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-effort-to-help-india-build-up-navy-hits-snag-1480501812

Actually, China is way more nervous about the US Navy. But China is a new aircraft carrier nation so India used as a point of reference here as another carrier nation from Asia and the 3rd World. Comparing to the US is not helpful. To be perfectly honest, the Americans called India's first...

He elaborated in his article. It is just his opinion to other Chinese. He is not saying anything to Indians. Basically, he said that the Indian carrier program is poorly planned, the ships are too expensive for India's economy and the Indian ship-building industry is not big enough to...

They are not lecturing India or Indians. They are writing this in a Chinese newspaper not in Indian newspapers so the targeted audience are Chinese or Chinafiles. This guy is telling Chinese that Indian carrier strategy is very poor and China should not emulate it. That's all.